Trade Relations of V4 Countries

Teaching results

Students will possess following abilities:
- about quality assessment of business environments of the countries according to different international rankings,
- about territorial and commodity structure of the V4 countries′ foreign trade,
- about structure (inflow, outflow) of the foreign direct investment of the V4 countries,
- about selected sectors of economy of the V4 countries (energy, automotive),
- about the creation of the V4 Group and cooperation among its members,
- about place of the V4 countries within the EU.
Students will obtain following skills:
- use publicly available databases about foreign trade of the V4 countries and identify potential for foreign trade (export, import) in these countries,
- assess the quality of the business environment of the V4 countries according to various criteria,
- evaluate the attractiveness of the investment environment of the V4 countries.
Students will gain following competences:
- critical assessment, synthesis of theoretical knowledge and interpretation of analytical outcomes,
- evaluation of the suitability of the business environment for foreign expansion,
- orientation in economic information about territories and selection of information necessary for foreign expansion.